H.Con.Res.49 - Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.113th Congress (2013-2014)

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113th CONGRESS1st Session

H. CON. RES. 49

Expressing the sense of Congress that the
United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp
honoring the Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan and that the Citizens’ Stamp
Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp
be issued.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 1, 2013

Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that the
United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp
honoring the Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan and that the Citizens’ Stamp
Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp
be issued.

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Leon Sullivan impacted millions
of people throughout the world, particularly throughout the United States and
in Africa, by advocating self-help principles of empowerment, community
development, and self-reliance;

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded the OIC,
Opportunities Industrialization Centers, a skills training program providing
training and retraining on a massive scale;

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded Opportunities
Industrialization Centers International (“OICI”) and the
International Foundation for Education and Self-Help
(“IFESH”);

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan made a substantial
impact on the lives of the people in Africa through the actions of OICI and
IFESH;

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded the Progress
Investment Associates (“PIA”) and the Zion Nonprofit Charitable
Trust (“ZNCT”), which was established to fund housing, shopping,
human services, educational, and other nonprofit ventures for inner-city
dwellers;

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established inner-city
retirement and assisted living complexes for the elderly and disabled in
Philadelphia and other cities throughout the United States, named Opportunities
Towers;

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan was able, as the first
African-American member on the board of General Motors Corporation, to secure
the support of the other board members to back him in the development of the
unprecedented Global Sullivan Principles, a code of conduct written in 1977,
for American businesses operating in South Africa;

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan has been the recipient
of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Notre Dame Award, the Eleanor
Roosevelt Human Rights Award, the NAACP Spingarn Award, the Kappa Alpha Psi
Laurel Wreath, and more than 50 doctoral degrees;

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established the
African–African-American summits to bring together the leaders of Africa and
America and other countries; and

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established the Global
Sullivan Principles (for Corporate Social Responsibility) in the late 1990s to
apply the same type of principles for countries and businesses throughout the
world: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress
that—

(1) the United States Postal Service should
issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan;
and

(2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
should recommend to the Postmaster General that such stamp be issued.